13 Novella 4

Angel

You hear nothing but silence and crackling at the other end, and frown slightly.

"Doctor?" You say unsurely and your mic bursts to life.

"...whatever you do don't look away, don't blink, (Y/n) this is important, keep looking at the angel, but not the eyes!" She exclaims hurriedly, voice catching, and you begin to panic.

"Doctor what is it?" You hiss, observing the stone. You take a step closer.

"I knew this was a bad idea, I knew it, tell her to stay where she is- I'm going to find her!" You hear Missy on the other end, slightly muffled.

Really panicking now, you realise you haven't been watching the angel. Your eyes dart up but it's gone. You breathe out.

"It's ok Doctor! It's gone! Actually how did it move... it's stone...?" You speculate wonderingly and she gasps at the other end.

"Look around and find it (Y/n)! Right now, and keep looking at it. It can't move while you're looking at it." She says hurriedly and you spin on the spot, searching through the dark.

Aiming your torch in a circle you find it much closer than before, standing directly behind you.

"I've found it," you whisper. "But it's closer. Doctor what do I do?" You ask, but as she begins to answer you feel someone push you over hard where you fall heavily on the soiled floor.

You groan and clutch your abdomen in some serious pain.

But that's not what's bothering you. When you had felt contact you had seen an image. A flag in green white and purple, flapping in the wind. You wince and squeeze your eyes shut against the pain as you hear more static in your earpiece.

"(Y/n)? (Y/n) talk to me what happened?!" Exclaims The Doctor, and you hear a slight scuffle. "(Y/n) love are you ok?" That's Jenny, and in spite of yourself you try to talk.

"It's ok, I fell, I think something pushed me." You get to your feet but collapse almost immediately afterwards.

"Are you hurt?" Says The Doctor and you shake your head before remembering they can't see you. "No no I'm fine" you gasp.

"Ok I need you to find the angel again, Missy is on her way, I'm sending her your location" she says, and you hear some clicking and buzzing from her muted sonic.

You nod and lean back on a boulder, breathing heavily.

"Ok she's near, (Y/n) I need you to head over to her, she can't get too close or you'll lose sight of the angel." She says anxiously and you groan at the movement.

"(Y/n)?" She prompts and you feel tears slide out your eyes at the pain in your stomach.

"I- I don't think I can" you wobble and she inhales sharply.

"Why not? (Y/n) you're not hurt are you?" She asks again, and you pull up your shirt to see noticeable bruising on your stomach.

She pauses.

"(Y/n)?" She asks warningly and you gasp and lie back again, scrunching your eyes shut.

"Tell Missy to get out of here and safe" you mutter and The Doctor audibly stiffens.

"(Y/n) what happened?"

You chuckle weakly and wince again at the movement. "I think the angel pushed me over, my stomach, it's bruised and I can't move" you tremble, trying to keep the angel in your eyeline.

"Missy? Missy she's hurt, you're going to have to find her!" Calls The Doctor, presumably into Missy's headpiece. "Stay still (Y/n) and don't stop looking at the angel!" She hurries desperately as you listen to Jenny asking rapid questions in the background.

You want to lie back and close your eyes but you force yourself to look at the stone angel, hating it's staring face.

"Doctor what will happen to me, if it gets me?" you shiver and she goes silent. You take that as a bad sign.

"Just don't stop looking" she hisses a little harshly, and you close each eye individually when you need to blink.

"It showed me something" you shiver faintly, finally able to hear noise in the distance; Missy, coming to help.

"It showed me a flag, purple, green and white, but I don't know what it means" you mutter groggily and The Doctor doesn't respond.

"I don't think I can hold on... much longer" you say, lying your head back.

"No no just a little longer! Missy's almost there!" Calls The Doctor anxiously and you nod.

"Yes... I can hear her" you say, placing a cold hand on your sore stomach. It helps a little.

"(Y/n) are you still looking at the angel?!" Exclaims The Doctor making you jump, and you realise your mistake too late.

Hardly daring to look, you lift your eyes into the Angel's, mere feet away.

You scream in fear, rolling over and trying to move, abdomen protesting, when you feel a cold stone hand grip your wrist and the ground disappearing beneath your battered body.